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Probe · vardenafil · 3 min read

Is there a generic for Levitra 20 mg?

Yes. Generic vardenafil film tablets carry the same INN as brand Levitra. US film-tablet strengths are 2.5, 5, 10, and 20 mg. This site follows the 20 mg tablet. Bayer's brand Levitra film tablet was approved in the United States on 19 August 2003. A later generic fill still follows the Levitra dosing rows: as needed, about 60 minutes before sex, once a day. Staxyn is not that film line.

Medically reviewed by Dr. Mateo Ruiz, MD - Clinical pharmacology, Barcelona

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01Is Staxyn the generic 20 mg tablet?

Forest-green still life: four small amber tablets in a row of strengths

Orally disintegrating Staxyn is still vardenafil, usually 10 mg. Water and food rules differ from the swallowed film tablet. Substituting Staxyn for a 20 mg film script, or the reverse, is a different fill.

This page does not invent a Staxyn cash figure. If the prescription says Levitra 20 mg film tablets, price that product. If it says Staxyn, price Staxyn.

02If the bottle says vardenafil HCl, is that Levitra's drug?

Vardenafil hydrochloride is the salt on the Levitra chemistry line. That name on a generic bottle still means vardenafil. It does not mean the fill is brand Levitra foil.

Ask the pharmacist which NDC arrived. Brand and generic share the INN and the stop list. They do not have to share the imprint.

03Are generic vardenafil tablets the same INN as Levitra?

Vardenafil hydrochloride is the drug in both bottles. Levitra is the brand film-coated tablet. A US pharmacy can fill vardenafil when the order allows substitution, or Levitra when the order names brand only.

The insert's rules travel with the INN. Nitrates stay contraindicated. Sexual stimulation is still required. A generic stamp does not loosen those rows.

04Who decides 20 mg versus the 10 mg start?

Clinicians pick the strength from efficacy and side effects. The labelled usual start is 10 mg. Twenty milligrams is the ceiling after that start, not the automatic first swallow.

Age 65 and older often start at 5 mg. Strong CYP3A4 inhibitors can force 2.5 mg. A generic 20 mg bottle that never asked those rows is a count, not a regimen.

05Which milligram steps does a generic film tablet use?

Film-tablet steps on US vardenafil labels are 2.5, 5, 10, and 20 mg. Twenty milligrams is the maximum recommended dose. Most men start at 10 mg. The four-strengths probe holds the tablet list.

Generic imprints differ by maker. Read the milligram on the order, not the color of a photo on a cart.

06Does generic change the once-a-day cap?

Maximum recommended frequency stays one tablet per day on the Levitra family of film labels. A late peak is not a second-tablet invitation. Leftover tadalafil from the day before is still a second PDE5.

The onset pulse is the stopwatch page for the 20 mg hour. This page only names the generic identity.

Sources

  1. DailyMed LEVITRA (vardenafil)
  2. FDA approval letter for Levitra (vardenafil), 19 August 2003.

Checked against the current label and reviewed by Dr. Mateo Ruiz. See Probe, Assay, Glow-check, Seal.

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Answers follow the U.S. Levitra label.

Maren K. Is generic 20 mg weaker than brand Levitra 20 mg?

Vault reply

Generic vardenafil 20 mg film tablets carry the same INN and labelled strength as brand Levitra 20 mg. The start for most men is still 10 mg. The ceiling is still 20 mg.

Diego V. Can I swap Staxyn 10 for my 20 mg film script?

Vault reply

No. Staxyn is an orally disintegrating tablet with its own food and water rules. It is usually 10 mg. It is not a cheaper Levitra 20 mg film tablet.

Sile P. Does generic drop the nitrate stop?

Vault reply

No. Organic nitrates and riociguat stay contraindicated with vardenafil, brand or generic. The vardenafil 20 mg vault keeps that wall next to the 20 mg lock.

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